[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 63160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Collection Title: Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT)

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on May 21, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT).
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0227.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 300,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 75,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT) 
program, administered by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) 
of the International Trade Administration provides source data required 
to: (1) Estimate international travel and passenger fare exports, 
imports, and the trade balance for the United States, (2) comply with 
the U.S. Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-145), collect, 
analyze, and report information to the Corporation for Travel Promotion 
(CTP), and support U.S. exports, (3) comply with the 1945, 1961, 1981, 
and 1996 travel and tourism related acts to collect and publish 
comprehensive international travel and tourism statistics and other 
marketing information, and (4) support the continuation of the Travel & 
Tourism Satellite Accounts for the United States, which provide the 
only spending and employment figures for the industry. The SIAT program 
contains the core data that is analyzed and communicated by NTTO with 
other government agencies, associations and businesses that share the 
same objective of increasing U.S. international travel exports. The 
SIAT assists NTTO in assessing the economic impact of international 
travel on state and local economies, providing visitation estimates, 
key market intelligence, and identifying traveler and trip 
characteristics. The U.S. Department of Commerce assists travel 
industry enterprises to increase international travel and passenger 
fare exports for the country as well as outbound travel on U.S. 
carriers. The Survey program provides the only available estimates of 
nonresident visitation to the states and cities within the United 
States, as well as U.S. resident travel abroad.
    The SIAT also assists NTTO in producing in-depth statistical 
reports, fact sheets and briefings on economic factors and policy 
issues affecting U.S. industries. With the SIAT statistical data not 
replicable by private sector trade associations or by private firms, 
Federal agencies, Congress and international organizations rely on 
these statistic-based tools, as do American businesses, state and local 
governments, and news organizations.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; International air 
travelers departing the United States, 18 years or older which includes 
U.S. and non-U.S. residents from all countries.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: U.S. Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-
145).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function and 
entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 
0625-0227.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-17072 Filed 8-1-24; 8:45 am]
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